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Miles Franklin
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Australian writer and feminist (1879–1954)
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Miles Franklin, born Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, was an Australian non-fiction writer, novelist, and women's rights activist. She wrote in English and used the pseudonym Brent of Bin Bin. Her notable works include *Back to Bool Bool*, *All That Swagger*, *My Brilliant Career Annotated*, and *Joseph Furphy*. She is also associated with the collection *Feminist Literary Classics - Volume II*.
Franklin was born on 14 October 1879 in Talbingo and died on 19 September 1954 in Drummoyne. She resided in New South Wales and the United States. Her archives are held at the State Library of New South Wales.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 14 October 1879
- Died
- 19 September 1954
- Works
- 56
Top works
- Back to Bool Bool
- All That Swagger
- My Brilliant Career Annotated
- Feminist Literary Classics - Volume II
- LAUGHTER, NOT FOR A CAGE - Notes on Australian Writing, with Biographical Emphasis on the Struggles, Functions, and Achievements of the Novel in Three Half-Centuries
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Key facts
- Born
- Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin , ( 1879-10-14 ) 14 October 1879, Talbingo, New South Wales , Australia
- Died
- 19 September 1954 (1954-09-19) (aged 74), Drummoyne, New South Wales , Australia
- Other names
- Brent of Bin Bin, An Old Bachelor, Vernacular, Ogniblat, Mr and Mrs Ogniblat L'Artsau
- Known for
- Novelist, writer, feminist
- Website
- http://www.milesfranklin.com.au/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sarah
- Family name
- Franklin
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Talbingo
- Place of death
- Drummoyne
- Occupation
- women's rights activist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Miles franklin.jpg
- Residence
- United States
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- Commons category
- Miles Franklin
- date of birth
- 1879-10-14
- date of death
- 1954-09-19
- birth name
- Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin
- Commons gallery
- Miles Franklin
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- Brent of Bin Bin
- archives at
- State Library of New South Wales
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Encyclopedic overview
Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 1879 – 19 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, All That Swagger, was not published until 1936.
She was committed to the development of a uniquely Australian form of literature, and she actively pursued this goal by supporting writers, literary journals, and writers' organisations. She has had a long-lasting impact on Australian literary life through her endowment of a major annual prize for literature about "Australian Life in any of its phases", the Miles Franklin Award. Her impact was further recognised in 2013 with the creation of the Stella Prize, awarded annually for the best work of literature by an Australian woman.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Miles Franklin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.